Navy SEALs: A History Part 2 : The Vietnam Years

by Dockery, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780425183489
• ISBN10: 0425183483
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-06
• Publisher: Berkley Hardcover

Summary

They are the most dangerous weapon in the United States military arsenal. Trained to endure any hardship, overcome any obstacle, and conquer any adversary to accomplish their objectives, they are the warrior elite. They are the Navy SEALs. This is the second volume chronicling the history of the Navy SEALs, with true stories of valor and sacrifice as told by the men who were there. Full of exclusive eyewitness accounts of life as a SEAL in and out of combat, this book continues the story of an elite fighting force-and reveals the nature of those rare men who make up the Navy SEALs.

Author Biography

Kevin Dockery has been a soldier in the President's Guard under Presidents Nixon and Ford, a grade-school teacher, radio broadcaster, gunsmith, and historian. He even spent time in Iraq and Kuwait during Desert Storm as what he refers to as a "corporate mercenary." As a noted military historian, he has written a number of books on the history of the Navy SEALs and the lives of the men who lived that history including Navy SEALs: A History of the Early Years.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
The Arena	1	(29)
The History of the Teams	30	(37)
First Combat	67	(10)
The UDT Deploys	77	(14)
The SEALs Deploy for War	91	(26)
Support from the Sea, Air, and Land	117	(23)
SEAL and UDT Detachments	140	(16)
Losses, the Cost of War	156	(22)
TET 1968	178	(31)
Hoi Chanhs, PRUs, the SEALs, and the Phoenix Program	209	(10)
To Fight a War	219	(6)
To Save a Life, the Corpsmen	225	(29)
To Bring Them Home: Bright Light and the POWs	254	(18)
The Last Detachment	272	(23)
War's End: The Aftermath of Vietnam in the Teams	295	(12)
A New Rebuilding	307	(22)
Index	329